193% of Americans support some Republican in 2012. Looks like somebody’s gettin’ fired… [via The Slog]

delgrosso:

Back in June of 2009, I loaded a Holga camera with a roll of film, mailed it to 12 Twitter followers, and asked them each to take a photo of “summer”

These are the results.

Read all about it here.

This is wonderful.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Do you really need to know more than “Paula Deen hit by a flying ham” to click play?

If so, it’s worth clicking for Ann Curry’s delivery and the bizarre banter at the end.

Zeldman nails the good and bad of self promotion

I think most of us struggle with this somewhat fine line regularly, Jeffrey drops his usual, perfectly consise wisdom

First off, the author creates a main character which is an empty shell. Her appearance isn’t described in detail; that way, any female can slip into it and easily fantasize about being this person.

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The Oatmeal describes how Twilight works.

Just because it’s easy comedy doesn’t make it less funny.

Bruce Schneier Is Not Afraid

fraidycats:

Bruce Schneier, back in 2006:

The surest defense against terrorism is to refuse to be terrorized. Our job is to recognize that terrorism is just one of the risks we face, and not a particularly common one at that. And our job is to fight those politicians who use fear as an excuse to take away our liberties and promote security theater that wastes money and doesn’t make us any safer.

I did this for six years. I still wonder sometimes what, exactly, the fuck I was doing.

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Moltz, reliving the glory days of C.A.R.S.

Through some (cruel?) twist of fate, John and I have become pals and I don’t think I’ve ever had the chance to tell him how much I loved C.A.R.S. back in the day. There was something so specific yet absolutely perfect about the humor of the site. It appealed to that incredibly narrow slice of people who not only know who Rob Enderle is but why he’s a jackass, poked fun at technology fanboys of all stripes yet still reaffirmed the prejudices of Mac nerds. I’m amazed John put up with it for as long as he did and, honestly, I’m not sure I’d find it as compelling now as I did 8 years ago, but I’m glad it was around when it was.

If you can’t make money from attention, you should do something else for a living.

—Seth Godin says Rupert has it exactly backwards

FOX News announces new zero tolerance policy for on-air mistakes

I’m curious if this only applies to their “news” programming or to their “opinion” and “entertainment” footage as well. Presumably, had this measure been in effect a few weeks ago, those responsible for the mixed up footage that Sean Hannity aired would be looking for a new job.

Negative cashback with Bing

Bing’s got some sketchy deal with online retailers where if you find a product using Bing they give you, the Bing searcher, money back. Shockingly, this doesn’t always work and may even end up costing you, loyal Bing user, money.

Isn’t the bigger problem, though, that Bing is essentially saying they’ll pay you to use their product? That just reeks of desperation. The best way to get people to use something you build is to build something awesome, not bribe them into submission.